Posts tagged patience

The trouble with taking on new projects, for me, is that it lets my impatience shine through like nothing else.  I have lots of practice trying to be patient with things that I’ve seen happen a gazillion times, but this whole “I planted a seed and it should become a green thing probably” deal is new (in the sense that Reagan was President the last time I tried it.)  The seeds were planted per the instructions on the bag on Sunday, and quite frankly, they should already be several inches tall as far as I’m concerned.

(It also bothers me that this was a “wildflower” mix, and so it included lots of inorganic matter like sand to help make distributing the seeds easier… and so I can see all these flecks on the ground and it makes me worry that none of the seeds are under the dirt even though I’m sure they are.  Because I put enough seeds for 1600 square feet of soil on 10 square feet, amongst other things.)

Day two of the partial hospitalization program.  One of the things I’m starting, very very slowly, to accept is the idea that just showing up to this place and sitting in each meeting and not completely tuning it out is:

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